Homemade 8AA - 436 lumens flashlight, BEAMSHOTS. Updated!

Since my first positive experience with the Fenix E20 I got an idea: The E20 is nearly half as bright as the TK10. But what happens if putting 4 examples together? Yes; 4 times nearly half = nearly twice! I asked my good friend Sylvester, which is a carpenter, and has equipment to help me. My idea was to bound 4 E20 along a wood cross, and I gave him the measures. The result was great. Using recheargable 2700mAh NiMh cells I now have a flashlight with nearly twice the brightness of the TK10 AND twice the runtime! Unlike one E20 this 4 E20 creation also can stand safely up and down.

I will post some pictures. Unfortunately I don't get along with my digitalcamera and have hard to get the optimal light tint and focus...

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I don't get along with the Image schack either!!!! I can't post these pictures! I cannot even load them...

I don't know how, but now I succeed...

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LMAO, I dont think taping 4 flashlights together constitutes a homemade flashlight.

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sol-leks said:

LMAO, I dont think taping 4 flashlights together constitutes a homemade flashlight.

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No, but the cross holder is

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Sol-leks,

Not really; maybe I would it's more correct to say "home-mounted" or similar...

Regards, Patric

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whats more impressive to an inocent bystander, one bright as heck torch or four strapped to a wooden cross where you need to turn one on after another...?

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abarth_1200,

Surely, it isn't the most estethical and it has it's drawbacks. But I think it's a simple way to get a bright flashlight which can use recheargable batteries and isn't to large sized. And it's fun because I realized an idea. Also I think it's quite few flashlights who beat this creation when it comes to the combination of brightness and runtime in this size.

Regards, Patric

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I kind of like it. Just paint the wood black and it will look better.

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Now that would make one heck of a bike light. One could change the angle of the 2 top lights to shoot farther out than the bottom 2.





Bill

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Thanks Mockingbird,

I am considering placing some black plastic electrical tape around it, maybe it will be better...

Regards, Patric

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...and if you came upon Dracula, who lives in fear of the cross
and can't stand daylight- WOW- vampires beware!

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I say congratulations for thinking differently.

:thumbsup:

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Sarratt said:

I say congratulations for thinking differently.

:thumbsup:

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+1

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Bob4apple,

Yeh, it has to be a great flashlight!
Did I forget to say that it's pretty bright? Now I experience a really bright spillbeam...
The total light output is corresponding to a 40w home light bulb, while the TK10 corresponds to a 25w.

Regards, Patric

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One thing I think would make a nice enhancement on your setup would be to use something like the Nite Ize AA minimag clamps. Then you could easily clip them onto the cross mount.

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Jarl said:

+1

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+2 Now you have to give us some beamshots to really impress us.

Take care.

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This thing has four redundant systems making it extremely reliable!

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Great example of innovation. Don't let the naysayers get you down!

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Great example of lateral thinking in every sense of the word!

And awesome tailstand capacity

Kees